News tagged with cultural psychology
Beanballs and the psychology of revenge: Study examines 'blood feud' exception to American norms
This week, as tens of millions of Americans awaited the baseball season's first pitches, Brown University psychologist Fiery Cushman was watching more warily for the first beanballs. As someone who studies moral judgment, ...
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Apr 05, 2012 |
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Kids show cultural gender bias
(PhysOrg.com) -- Talk about gender confusion! A recent study by University of Alberta researchers Elena Nicoladis and Cassandra Foursha-Stevenson in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology into whether speaki ...
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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Study rates 'tight, 'loose' scenarios in 33 countries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kiss, cry, sing, talk, flirt, listen to music, read the newspaper, bargain, eat, laugh, swear, argue.
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Jul 04, 2011 |
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Psychology professor links cultural identities, educational success
(PhysOrg.com) -- In her new book, UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Catherine R. Cooper examines how culturally diverse youth can develop pathways to college without losing ties to their families, peers, and cultural communities. ...
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Apr 22, 2011 |
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Younger immigrants adjust to a new culture faster than do older immigrants
learning the cultural rules and meanings of your new home is especially challenging. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that this process is easier ...
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Feb 03, 2011 |
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Stress before cancer therapy could help deadly cells survive treatment, lead to disease recurrence
Patients who experience physical or psychological stress - including rigorous exercise - one or two days before a cancer treatment might be unknowingly sabotaging their therapy, new research suggests.
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Cross-cultural perspective can help teamwork in the workplace
In this era of globalization, many companies are expanding into numerous countries and cultures. But they should not take a "one size fits all" approach to their business and management styles. As the authors of a new article ...
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Aug 10, 2010 |
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Culture wires the brain: A cognitive neuroscience perspective
Where you grow up can have a big impact on the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and even how your brain works. In a report in a special section on Culture and Psychology in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a jour ...
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Aug 03, 2010 |
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Experiencing different cultures enhances creativity
Creativity can be enhanced by experiencing cultures different from one's own, according to a study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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Power outage: A loss of social power distorts how money is represented
Retail therapy can soothe the defeat of losing a major client, the rejection of not getting a promotion or even the embarrassment a high-powered executive might feel after receiving a speeding ticket. Spending money to uplift ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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Studies should involve more cross-cultural collaboration
Previous studies have found that the vast majority of published psychological research in the United States is based on American samples and excludes 95 percent of the world's population. Yet, these results are often generalized ...
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May 07, 2010 |
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How chimps deal with death: Studies offer rare glimpses
Two studies in the April 27th issue of Current Biology offer rare glimpses into the ways that chimpanzees deal with the deaths of those closest to them. In one case, researchers describe the fi ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Fear of being laughed at crosses cultural boundaries
Laughter is an emotional expression that is innate in human beings. This means laughing at others is also believed to be a universal phenomenon. However, the fear of being laughed at causes some people enormous ...
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Will the economic crisis lead to major societal changes?
Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from those of their parents? Why has the size of Japanese families ...
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May 08, 2009 |
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I feel like a different person
Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious to change, simply because ...
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Apr 14, 2009 |
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